Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has examined constructive for COVID-19 for the primary time after returning residence from work journeys in Africa and Asia
FILE – Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attends the forty second ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, on Might 10, 2023. Lee mentioned Monday, Might 22, 2023 he examined constructive for COVID-19 for the primary time after returning residence from work journeys in Africa and Asia. (AP Photograph/Achmad Ibrahim, Pool)
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong mentioned Monday he examined constructive for COVID-19 for the primary time after returning residence from work journeys in Africa and Asia.
Resulting from his age, the 71-year-old mentioned he was prescribed the Paxlovid antiviral medicine.
“I examined constructive for COVID-19 for the primary time this morning,” Lee mentioned on Facebook, the place he posted a photograph of a constructive antigen speedy check. “I’m usually feeling okay, however my medical doctors have suggested me to self-isolate till I’m asymptomatic.”
Lee was on an official go to to South Africa from Might 14 to 16, and Kenya from Might 17 to 19. He additionally attended the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Indonesia from Might 10 to 11.
Lee mentioned his final COVID-19 vaccine booster was in November. He urged Singaporeans to maintain their vaccinations updated to cut back the chance of extreme sickness.
Well being Minister Ong Ye Kung was reported by native media as saying not too long ago in Parliament that fewer seniors had been maintaining with their COVID-19 pictures. He warned this might weaken the inhabitants’s resistance in opposition to COVID-19 over time and make the nation weak to the virus once more.
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